Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:20:57 -0400 From: "Simon" <simon@optinet.com> To: "root@lynx.syix.com" <root@lynx.syix.com>, "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail - host name lookup failure Message-ID: <20020418201342.7DFF037B404@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20020418130830.A1833@lynx.syix.com>
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Was it always like this? is this happening with all emails you try to send or just this particular one? I'm not a sendmail guru and use qmail, so won't be able to help beyond the obvious. -Simon On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:08:30 -0700, System Administrator wrote: >On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 03:56:19PM -0400, Simon wrote: >> >> What happens when you do "nslookup cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov" >> on that same box? >> > >This: > >lynx:[/home/dave] > nslookup cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov >Server: localhost.syix.com >Address: 127.0.0.1 > >Non-authoritative answer: >Name: cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov >Address: 168.71.115.200 > > >> >I need an education... Or at least some help anyway. >> > >> >I did all the tests I can think of, on the DNS server, and the mail >> >server, to see if I can find the reason for this error message.... >> >Nslookup and dig and even sendmail with debugging.... >> >" >> > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- >> ><Steven.Moede@cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov> >> > >> > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >> ><Steven.Moede@cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov>... Deferred: Name server: >> >cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov.: host name lookup failure >> >Message could not be delivered for 5 days >> >Message will be deleted from queue >> >" >> > >> >Everything I have tried shows this thing as "ok" but Sendmail flat says >> >its bad. Any reason for it that perhaps anyone out there is aware of? >> >And if you can show me why, so I can learn, I would appreciate it. >> > >> > >> >Dave Overton SYIX.COM > >-- >Dave Overton www.syix.com > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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